15/04/2022
Fun & Interesting Housing Facts!
Most homeowners tend to stay in their homes for about six years.
The average bathroom remodel costs $10,500. They also have the highest return on investment- about 102%.
The average kitchen remodel costs nearly $4,400 and can bring a return of about 90%.
13% of previously owned homes are for sale by the owner.
A Japanese company has developed a residential earthquake-proofing system that raises a house off of its foundation as far as 3 centimeters using just air pressure. When an earthquake hits, compressors activate, forcing an immense amount of air under the home. The house will levitate there until the earthquake ends, then be placed gently back on the foundation.
Most agents agree that the No. 1 reason homes don't sell is price.
Brass doorknobs disinfect themselves. The ions in the metal have a toxic effect on spores, fungi, viruses, and other germs, eliminating the infections within eight hours.
In Scotland, homeowners paint their front door red when they pay off their mortgage.
According to an old superstition, if a bird flies into a home, death is soon to follow.
The people of Easter Island have a word, "tingo," which literally means to take objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them until there's nothing left.
There's a garden in England dedicated entirely to plants that can kill you.
